Tracy Brookshaw
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| Tracy Brookshaw | |
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| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Miss Apocalypse Tracy Brookshaw Tracy Tracy Brooks Traci Brooks Traci Ms. Brooks |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Billed weight | 127 lb (58 kg) |
| Born | May 22, 1975 St. Marys, Ontario |
| Resides | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Billed from | Toronto, Ontario |
| Trained by | Ron Hutchinson El Fuego |
| Debut | January 2001 |
Tracy Brookshaw (born May 22, 1975 in St. Marys, Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet, better known by her stage name, Traci Brooks.
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[edit] Career
Tracy Brookshaw grew up on a pig and chicken farm in St. Marys, Ontario. In 2000, she won the Toronto Sunshine Millennium Calendar contest which led to her being named Miss June 2000 and interviewed in the Toronto Sun. Brookshaw went on to engage in promotional modelling work with the Molson, Labatts and Budweiser beverage brewers.
In her interview, Brookshaw said that she aspired to be "the next WWE Superstar". This led to her being introduced to Ron Hutchinson, a professional wrestler who operated the Sully's Gym professional wrestling school out of Toronto, Ontario. Brookshaw began training under Hutchinson in March 2000, and debuted in January 2001 as Tracy Brooks.
[edit] Independent circuit
Brooks appeared with numerous independent promotions, including Border City Wrestling and the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation. To this day she continues to do work for independent promotions, including Blood Sweat and Ears in her home region in Southern Ontario and most prominently NWA Cyberspace where she contends for the NWA Cyberspace Women's Championship.
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
[edit] Early appearances
Brooks debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on April 30, 2003 in Catholic schoogirl apparel, attacking Lollipop, a dancer who entertained the live audience during intermissions. The following week, Brooks demanded to be entered in a gauntlet match in which the winner would receive a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, threatening to sue NWA official Bill Behrens for sexual discrimination if he did not comply. When her threats failed, Brooks instead attempted to charm Behrens into allowing her into the match. Behrens then placed Brooks in a triple threat match with fellow female wrestlers Desire and Trinity, with the winner gaining entry into the gauntlet match. After Kid Kash ambushed Trinity and David Young accidentally punched Desire, Brooks won the match. Later that evening, she was attacked by Lollipop as she approached the ring to enter the gauntlet match. After she entered the ring, Brooks was quickly pinned and eliminated by Kid Kash.
On May 21, Brooks was paired with David Young in an "Anarchy Alliance" tag team tournament to determine the number one contenders to the NWA World Tag Team Championships. They defeated Kid Kash and Trinity on May 21 and Ron Killings (whose partner, Don Harris, had refused to team with him) on June 4, but lost to America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) in the finals on June 11.
On the June 18, 2003 TNA pay-per-view, Brooks formed an all-female stable known as "Bitchslap" with Nurse Veronica and Valentina. The stable quietly disbanded shortly thereafter when Veronica turned down a proffered TNA contract and Brooks was removed from television for repackaging.
[edit] With Michael Shane
Brooks returned to TNA on November 5, 2003, helping Shane Douglas defeat The Sandman. On November 26, Douglas and Brooks (known now simply as Traci) helped Michael Shane defeat Sonjay Dutt. Following the match, the trio celebrated, and Douglas announced that they were to be called "The New Franchise".
The New Franchise began feuding with Triple X (Christopher Daniels, Low-Ki and Elix Skipper). The feud lasted until April 21, 2004, when Shane lost to Daniels after he passed up on a pinfall opportunity in order to try and hit his finisher. After Douglas admonished Shane, Shane began pushing and slapping his erstwhile mentor. Traci eventually grapped Douglas from behind, enabling Shane to superkick Douglas. The following week, Traci helped Shane defeated Douglas in a singles match.
Traci continued to manage Shane, who was by now pursuing the TNA X Division Championship. Shane proved unable to defeat the incumbent champion, A.J. Styles, so he and Traci recruited Frankie Kazarian in order to maximise their numbers advantage. The result was a new stable/tag team that was known by fans as Shazarian. After several weeks of confrontations, Styles defended his title against Shane and Kazarian in a three way Ultimate X match on July 28, 2004. Though he was able to nullify the interference of Traci by giving her a Styles Clash, he was eventually knocked unconscious by the combined efforts of Shane and Kazarian. Shane and Kazarian then climbed for the X Division Championship, and simultaneously retrieved the belt, thus becoming co-champions. They lost the titles to Petey Williams in a Gauntlet Match on August 11.
[edit] With Dusty Rhodes
In late-2004, Traci turned face by leaving Shane and Kazarian and becoming the assistant of the TNA Director of Authority, Dusty Rhodes. However, Trinity also wanted to be Rhodes' assistant, so he told each woman to recruit a new tag team. The teams would face one another at TNA Destination X 2005 on March 13, 2005, with the winning team's manager becoming Rhodes' sole assistant. Traci's team (Ron and Don Harris, the Disciples of Destruction) defeated Trinity's team (Big Tilly and Bruno Sassi - Phi Delta Slam), making her Rhodes' assistant.
[edit] With Michael Shane once again
Traci eventually left Rhodes' side and began managing Chris Sabin, who was feuding with Michael Shane and Trinity. At TNA Lockdown on April 24, she tried to prevent Trinity from interfering in a four way X Division Xscape elimination match between Sonjay Dutt, Chris Sabin, Shocker and Shane. Her attempt failed when Trinity pushed her off the side of the cage and she landed on her bare feet, seemingly injuring herself in the attempt. This led to Trinity executing a Fall from Grace moonsault from the top of the cage and landing on top of Shane, Sabin and Shocker. Traci would later get into the cage and engage in a catfight with Trinity. The feud continued until TNA Hard Justice on May 15, when Sabin and Traci lost to Shane and Trinity. In the course of the match, Traci turned on Sabin and Shane turned on Trinity, with Traci aligning herself with Shane once again and Trinity siding with Sabin.
Traci began managing Shane once again and stayed with him when he changed his name to his real name, Matt Bentley. When Bentley sat out during contract renegotiations in August 2005, she did some interview work for TNA. At Unbreakable on September 11, Traci acted as a backstage interviewer throughout the event. She returned to Bentley's side after his return at Unbreakable.
In February of 2006, Bentley went on to turn heel and dispute with long time tag partner Lance Hoyt. Following the feud, Bentley was sidelined with an injury. Traci did promotional work for the company during the downtime.
On the May 15th taping of IMPACT!, she wrestled Gail Kim in the first woman's match in over a year. The match was taped purely for the forthcoming TNA Knockouts DVD and not for the Spike TV program. Gail Kim gained the pin after interference from America's Most Wanted. At Hardcore War 2006 she defeated Gail Kim with Christy Hemme as referee. In a recent interview, Traci said that if TNA keeps shrinking her ring outfits there wont be any room for her "TnA".
[edit] Managing Robert Roode
Traci was announced as Robert Roode's manager at Bound for Glory 2006, and now goes by the name "Ms. Brooks." She managed him during the Fight for the Right tornament at the October 28 iMPACT.
[edit] In wrestling
[edit] Wrestlers managed by Brooks
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Pie in the Sky / Pie in the Sky by Traci with an I (Seated senton or flipping seated senton)
- Brooks and Done (Lariat)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- All Star Championship Wrestling
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- 2005 ASCW Justice Cup Winner
- Apocalypse Wrestling Federation
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- 1-time AWF Heavyweight Champion
- Coastal Championshop Wrestling
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- 1-time CCW Women's Champion
- Downsouth Championship Wrestling
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- 1-time DCW Women's Champion
- World Xtreme Wrestling
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- 2002 WXW Women's Super 8 Winner
- TNA Impact
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- 2004 TNA Knockout of the Year
- WWA
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- 1-time WWA Women's Champion
- Southern Championship Wrestling
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- 1-time SCW Women's Champion
[edit] Movies
- Zombie Beach Party (2003) as "stunt double" and "Tracy the sexy killer zombie"
[edit] References
- Glorywrestling.com
- Interview conducted by Alan Wojcik
- Interview conducted by Steve Gerweck
- Obsessedwithwrestling.com
- WrestlingWeekly.com Audio Interview
- Return to TNA thrills Tracy
- Solie's title histories
